Efraín "Cholo" Trelles Aréstegui (28 May 1953 – 1 April 2018) was a Peruvian historian, writer, journalist and sports commentator for press, television and radio. Efraín Trelles was born in 1953, in

Andahuaylas Andahuaylas (Quechua Antawaylla, ''anta'' copper, ''waylla'' meadow, "copper meadow") is a Peruvian city. It is the capital of the Andahuaylas Province in the Apurímac Region. It is known as the ''pradera de los celajes'' (Spanish for "prairie of ...

. Historian trained in colonial history, graduated by the

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru ( es, link=no, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church, being the oldest private ...

, with a thesis that became the classic: ''Lucas Martínez Vegazo: operation of an initial Peruvian encomienda''. He was one of the pioneers in introducing the analysis of data and computer models in his study on the loyalties of the kurakas in the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II, which he published with Magnus Mörner in 1986. He then traveled to the University of Austin to do his doctorate studies. His foray into sports journalism began as a personal hobby. He worked as a columnist in several newspapers of the Peruvian capital as ''Expreso'' and '' La República''. He worked as a journalist and historian in RPP and Latina Televisión. His last work was as host of the program ''La cátedra'' at

Radio Nacional del Perú Radio Nacional del Perú is the first and the oldest radio station in Peru. It had its origins in the private station Lima OAX-AM, owned by the Peruvian Broadcasting Company, which was founded in 1924 by César A. Coloma, Santiago Acuña among ...

, along with Roberto Zegarra, Wilmer del Aguila, Ítalo Villarreal, Martín Fernández, Miguel Portanova, Santos Calderón, Dante Mateo, Tito Ponte, Josè Espinoza, among other journalists. Efraín Trelles ¡Tayta Quipu tupananchikama!

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1953 births 2018 deaths Pontifical Catholic University of Peru alumni Peruvian television journalists Peruvian sports journalists 20th-century Peruvian historians 21st-century Peruvian historians People from Andahuaylas Province 20th-century Peruvian journalists 21st-century Peruvian journalists {{Peru-bio-stub